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Russia fires scientists after launch fails

Moscow: President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday fired two top space officials and reprimanded the head of Russia's space agency after the failed launch of three vital communications satellites, the Kre

India to launch 30 satellites by 2020

Bengaluru: India is mulling to launch at least 30 earth observation satellites in the next one decade, a senior official at the Department of Space (DoS) said today.

"We expect not less than 30 sa

GSLV couldn't take the extra weight?

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Bengaluru: Instability introduced by excessive payload weight was most likely responsible for the failure of an Indian rocket's launch on Christmas day, an expert in the field and former scientist of

GSLV up in smoke: Isro begins probe into launch disaster

Bengaluru: India's top space scientists are analysing data to find out what caused the failure of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) mission and an expert committee is likely to be for

Is India's Chandrayaan-2 in danger?

Bengaluru: A veteran space scientist has strongly vouched for the robustness of the indigenously-built GSLV, saying it was a well-proved rocket and that 'quality problem' led to its failure.

"It is

ISRO-built communications satellite for Europe launched

Nov 27: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)-built communication satellite HYLAS (Highly Adaptable Satellite) for EADS-Astrium of Europe was launched Saturday by an Ariane rocket from the Guy

India deploying coastal surveillance system

Bangalore: India is installing along its long coastline a sophisticated surveillance system capable of tracking movements as distant as 20 kms in the sea with a command and control centre in Delhi fro

China launches its fifth orbiter into space

China on Sunday successfully launched its fifth orbiter into space as part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network.

The satellite was launched from the Long March 3I carrier r

Universe's biggest star discovered

The biggest star, with a mass 320 times greater than the sun's, has been discovered at the edge of our galaxy by British astronomers.

Scientists at the University of Sheffield found the stellar gian

PSLV ‘high-five’ sends India on higher orbit

Nellore, July 12: Proving its reliability once again, the workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-15 on Monday placed the 694-kg Cartosat-2B, a remote sensing satellite, along with four smaller sat

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